Truly Agreed, 2016

335.405. 1. This compact shall become effective
and binding on the earlier of the date of legislative enactment
of this compact into law by no less than twenty-six states or
December 31, 2018. All party states to this compact that also
were parties to the prior Nurse Licensure Compact superseded
by this compact "prior compact" shall be deemed to have withdrawn
from said prior compact within six months after the effective
date of this compact.2.
Each party state to this compact shall continue to recognize
a nurse's multistate licensure privilege to practice in that
party state issued under the prior compact until such party
state has withdrawn from the prior compact.3.
Any party state may withdraw from this compact by enacting a
statute repealing the same. A party state's withdrawal shall
not take effect until six months after enactment of the repealing
statute.4. A party
state's withdrawal or termination shall not affect the continuing
requirement of the withdrawing or terminated state's licensing
board to report adverse actions and significant investigations
occurring prior to the effective date of such withdrawal or termination.5.
Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed to invalidate
or prevent any nurse licensure agreement or other cooperative
arrangement between a party state and a non- party state that
is made in accordance with the other provisions of this compact.6.
This compact may be amended by the party states. No amendment
to this compact shall become effective and binding upon the
party states unless and until it is enacted into the laws of
all party states.7.
Representatives of non-party states to this compact shall be
invited to participate in the activities of the commission on
a nonvoting basis prior to the adoption of this compact by all
states.